Brocade Access Gateway Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.0 (53-1002156-01, April 2011)

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Advanced Performance Monitoring

• Create a new frame type

• Delete a specified frame type.

• Delete the set of ports on which the specified frame type can be monitored.

• Add a set of ports for which a specific frame type can be monitored.

• Save a set of ports on which the specified frame type can be monitored.

• Show different frame types configured on the switch, as well as frame counters.

• Change properties for a particular frame type, such as thresholds and bit pattern.

• Clear a set of ports on which the specified frame type is monitored to the persistent

configuration.

Complete details of the fmMonitor command parameters are provided in the Fabric OS Command

Reference Manual.

The thConfig command can be used for advanced configuration of filter thresholds corresponding

to Frame monitors. See the Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide for more information about using

this command.

For more information on Frame monitoring, including the following topics, refer to the Frame

monitoring section in the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide:

• General feature information

• Maximum number of frame monitors and offsets per port for different switch models

• Virtual fabric considerations

• Adding frame monitors to a port

• Removing frame monitors from a port

• Creating custom frame types to be monitored

• Deleting frame types

• Saving frame monitor configurations

• Displaying frame monitors

• Clearing frame monitor counters

Limitations for using APM

The following limitations apply to using APM on an AG switch.

• The Top Talker and ISL monitoring features used for APM in switch mode are not supported on

an AG switch.

• APM on an AG switch is not supported in Web Tools.

• Configuration file upload/download of End to End and filter monitor configurations is not

supported in Matador release.

• When downgrading to pre-Matador release, the user is notified to remove all the End to End

and frame monitors installed.

• When switching between AG mode and non-AG mode, the user is notified to remove all the End

to End and frame monitors installed.